The Contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:19–40) as a Reflection of a Religious-Cultural Threat
The article suggests that the story of the contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kgs 18:19-40) is a complete literary unit that was written by a single author in the early Persian period and inserted into the deuteronomistic story-cycle of Elijah. The story is entirely legendary and reflects the polemic of a d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill, Ferdinand Schöningh
[2020]
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Biblische Zeitschrift
Year: 2020, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-100 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jahwe
/ Phoenicians
/ Gods
/ Prophet
/ Power
/ Competition
/ Bible. Könige 1. 18,19-40
/ Polemics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Tyre
B Melqart B Mount Carmel B Bible. Könige 1. 18,19-40 B Ba‘al Shamêm B Mizpeh Yammim B Elijah B Sidon |
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| Summary: | The article suggests that the story of the contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kgs 18:19-40) is a complete literary unit that was written by a single author in the early Persian period and inserted into the deuteronomistic story-cycle of Elijah. The story is entirely legendary and reflects the polemic of a devotee of YHWH against the contemporaneous spread of the Phoenician cult and culture. The attachment of the story to Mount Carmel may reflect the occasion of the establishment of a Tyrian/Sidonian temple on one of the mountain’s peaks, but this hypothesis cannot be verified. The story conveys a clear religious message of the absolute power of YHWH and the worthlessness of all other gods - in particular the Phoenician God Ba‘al - and of the fallacy of the belief in his divine power. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-0468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblische Zeitschrift
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30965/25890468-06401004 |